I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and guitar, so my husband and I listen to them in the evening.
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Me personally, I wouldn't put my kids on television. But to each his own.
Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.
The kids don't really have any part of my television life. Fortunately, there aren't many times when show business intrudes on our family existence.
With my child, I hardly watch TV now.
My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal.
My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.
It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the only time the children are allowed to turn on the television.
When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it's actually available 24 hours a day, I'm usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.
I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's important that children can relate to what their schoolmates are watching.